Motion and Time Study
Motion and Time Study
Motion and Time Study
“Time study is the one element in scientific management beyond all others making
possible the transfer of skill from management to men…..” –Frederick W. Taylor
Operations Management 345
Mayra Calderon
Dr. Foster
May 2003
Overview
Motion and Time Study Defined
History
Details about Motion and Time Study
Motion and Time Study in your organization
Real World Example
Summary of Presentation
Reading List
Time Study measures how long it takes an average worker to complete a task at a normal
pace
Frederick W. Taylor
-1881, he started to develop time study
History of Motion and Time Study
Used Separately
Became interrelated
Tools Used
Motion camera
Tools
Stopwatch & Clipboard
Computing Standards
Estimating
Performance records
Stopwatch time study
Standard data
Time study formulas
Work sampling schedules
Queuing theory
Manufacturing
Office
Banks
Department Stores
Hospitals
How do you decide if you need to do a Motion and Time Study
Are costs too high(is there a problem)?
Why is there a problem?
How can it be solved?
Which alternative is better?
Choose the best alternative
Problem
Results Continued…..
Implementations
New systems
New positions
Improving service and costs
Motion and Time Study Problem
There is a group of students stuffing envelopes. They have to put three different color-
coded pages in the envelopes(red, white, orange).
Motion and Time Study Problem
Motion and Time Study Problem
Compute the standard time
Summary of Presentation
Reasons to implement Motion and Time Study in your organization
The use of Motion and Time Study at Cooper Hospital/University Center
An Exercise
Reading List
Aharonson-Daniel, L.; Fung, H.;Hedley, A.J., Time studies in A&E departments- a
useful tool for management,
management, Journal of Management in Medicine,
Medicine, Hong Kong.
1996. Vol. 10, Issue 3.
Anonymous, Program boosts efficiency of time-&-motion studies,
studies, Plastics Engineering,
Engineering,
Brookfield Center. April 2002. Vol. 58, Issue 4.
Barnes, Ralph Mosser, Motion and Time Study,
Study, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Los
Angeles,CA.1980.
Dossett, Royal J., Work-measured labor standards- The state of the art,
art, Industrial
Engineering,
Engineering, Norcross. April 1995. Vol. 27, Issue 4.
Hayes, John R., Memo busters,
busters, Forbes,
Forbes, New York. April 1995. Vol. 155, Issue 9.